20 Chapter 20: Dad

<Rimuru, can you hear me> - Akira mentally spoke to Rimuru.

<I can hear you... Did something happen> - Rimuru answered Akira and asked with obvious concern because Akira's voice was not good.

<Not a big deal, I just remembered something I don't want to remember> - Akira answered Rimuru's question indifferently.

<Do you need something from me to call me> - asked Rimuru and decided not to inquire about it further because Akira clearly didn't want to talk about it.

<Yeah, I'm sorry but I can't come to dinner and also I'm not going back to the hotel tonight and I wanted you to tell the others about it> - Akira said, killing intent flashed in his eyes.

<This... well I'll tell the others> -Rimuru didn't know what to do but in the end he agreed to Akira's request -<take care of yourself and don't do anything reckless>

After saying this, Rimuru cut off his telepathy, leaving Akira alone to wander the dark forest.

Akira walked silently into the forest while releasing a powerful killing intent that caused the death of the weak animals near him and the rest of the monsters fled in a frenzy.

"Are you going to kill so you can forget everything again?" - Akira heard a familiar girl's voice in his head speaking to him sarcastically.

"Shut up" - muttered Akira in a somber and dark voice that would surprise anyone who heard it.

Adi Akira had a dark and apathetic expression overflowing with a chilling killing intent.

If someone who knew Akira saw this, they wouldn't believe it was the same person.

"Ha-ha-ha, shut up? Why aren't you right? All you can do is kill and you can't protect anyone. That's why you would have killed that girl named Claire before for speaking naively in front of you." - The voice rang again and its sarcasm increased by several degrees.

"Shut up!!!" - growled Akira with a face distorted with anger and hatred and bloodshot eyes.

"That's all you can do to silence others when things don't work out for you" - another voice of a young boy came out but the voice was as if it had come out of hell.

"…" - This time Akira didn't speak, his body trembled and he gritted his teeth silently.

"Why did you remain silent... my father?" - the voice came out again with great sarcasm when the word my father was mentioned.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry" - Akira fell to the ground at Abi's words and grabbed his head and started apologizing as if it were a broken instrument.

Despite Akira's condition, the voices never stopped mocking him, as if they were enjoying seeing Akira's broken condition.

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"What happened?" Shin asked calmly Rimuru who finished talking to Akira.

"I spoke to Akira, and he told me he won't come to dinner and won't come back to the hotel tonight," Rimuru replied, clearly worried.

Although Rimuru had not known Akira and the others for a long time, he cherished them as his friends, which is why he was worried about Akira, who was acting strangely.

"Did something happen to him?" Shin asked again as he could see the concern on Rimuru's face.

"I don't know, but..." - Saying this, Rimuru paused, not knowing whether he should say it or not.

"But? What?" Shin asked again and felt a little anxious because Rimuru's expression wasn't good.

"Sigh… I don't know what happened to him but I could feel the burning anger and hatred in Akira's voice. There was also fear and longing as well as an overwhelming killing intent." Rimuru sighed and answered what the Great Sage had told him after asking him to analyze Akira's voice. When feeling something strange from him.

"Did something happen Rimuru-dono, Shin-dono Your faces are a little pale" - Kagino asked Jin after seeing that Rimuru and Shin had finished whispering to each other.

Hearing Jin's inquiry, Asuna, Sara, Alpha, and Shido all looked at Rimuru and Shin.

"This..." - Rimuru muttered, not knowing how to explain.

"We've received a call from Akira and it seems he's not feeling well so he's gone back to the hotel to rest and he's apologizing for not being able to come to dinner" Shin answered quickly instead of the confused Rimuru.

"Oh my God, is he alright?" Sara asked with feigned anxiety as she felt Akira's killing intent before leaving.

"You don't need to worry, Mrs. Kagino, he's just unwell." Shin continued dealing with the Kagino family's questions because he was better at lying than Rimuru.

"..." - Shido remained silent as he listened to the conversation between Shin and his mother and did not believe what Shin said because he also felt evidence of killing Akira.

But unlike Shido, who didn't believe Shin, both Asuna and Alpha were worried about Akira.

While everyone was talking, a maid came in and bowed respectfully towards everyone and spoke.

"Sir, madam, young gentleman and distinguished guests, it is time for dinner," said the maid respectfully, bowing to everyone.

After informing the maid, everyone went to the dining hall to eat.

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While everyone is eating dinner, Claire is in her room resting her mind after taking a bath to clean herself up after fighting Akira.

"..." - Claire was silently staring at the ceiling while thinking of her strange encounter with Akira, and she couldn't get his image and words out of her head, especially his power that made her feel helpless.

"Who is it?" Claire muttered softly before closing her eyes to sleep because she was mentally very tired.

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